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Update case

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Update case

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Updates existing cases.

Request URL

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PATCH <kibana host>:<port>/api/cases

Request body

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A JSON array containing one or more case objects with updated field values:

Name Type Description Required

cases

cases[]

Array containing one or more case objects.

Yes

cases schema

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Name Type Description Required

id

String

The ID of the case being updated.

Yes

connector

connector

Object containing the connector’s configuration.

No

description

String

The updated case description.

No

settings

settings

Object containing the case’s settings.

No

status

String

The updated case status, which can be:

  • open
  • in-progress
  • closed

No

tags

String[]

The updated case tags.

No

title

String

The updated case title.

No

version

String

The current case version (returned when calling Get case or Find cases).

Yes

connector schema

Name Type Description Required

id

String

ID of the connector used for pushing case updates to external systems (returned when calling Find connectors).

Yes

name

String

The connector name.

Yes

type

String

The type of the connector.

Must be one of these:

  • .servicenow
  • .jira
  • .resilient
  • .none

Yes

fields

Object

Object containing the connector’s fields.

For ServiceNow connectors:

  • urgency (string | null): The urgency of the incident.
  • severity (string | null): The severity of the incident.
  • impact (string | null): The impact of the incident.

For Jira connectors:

  • issueType (string): The issue type of the issue.
  • priority (string | null): The priority of the issue.
  • parent (string | null): The key of the parent issue (Valid when the issue type is Sub-task).

For IBM Resilient connectors:

  • issueTypes (number[]): The issue types of the issue.
  • severityCode (number): The severity code of the issue.

Yes

settings schema

Name Type Description Required

syncAlerts

Boolean

Turn on or off synching with alerts.

Yes

Example request

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Updates the description, tags, and connector of case ID a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2:

PATCH api/cases
{
  "cases": [
    {
      "connector": {
        "id": "131d4448-abe0-4789-939d-8ef60680b498",
        "name": "My connector",
        "type": ".jira",
        "fields": {
          "issueType": "10006",
          "priority": null,
        }
      },
      "id": "a18b38a0-71b0-11ea-a0b2-c51ea50a58e2",
      "description": "James Bond clicked on a highly suspicious email
      banner advertising cheap holidays for underpaid civil servants.
      Operation bubblegum is active. Repeat - operation bubblegum is
      now active!",
      "tags": [
        "phishing",
        "social engineering",
        "bubblegum"
      ],
      "settings": {
        "syncAlerts": true
      }
      "version": "WzIzLDFd"
    }
  ]
}

Response code

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200
Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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The updated case with a new version value.

Example response

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[
  {
    "id": "66b9aa00-94fa-11ea-9f74-e7e108796192",
    "version": "WzU0OCwxXQ==",
    "comments": [],
    "totalComment": 0,
    "connector": {
      "id": "131d4448-abe0-4789-939d-8ef60680b498",
      "name": "My connector",
      "type": ".jira",
      "fields": {
        "issueType": "10006",
        "priority": null,
      }
    },
    "title": "This case will self-destruct in 5 seconds",
    "description": "James Bond clicked on a highly suspicious email banner advertising cheap holidays for underpaid civil servants. Operation bubblegum is active. Repeat - operation bubblegum is now active!",
    "tags": [
      "phishing",
      "social engineering",
      "bubblegum"
    ],
    "settings": {
      "syncAlerts": true
    }
    "closed_at": null,
    "closed_by": null,
    "created_at": "2020-05-13T09:16:17.416Z",
    "created_by": {
      "email": "ahunley@imf.usa.gov",
      "full_name": "Alan Hunley",
      "username": "ahunley"
    },
    "external_service": {
      "external_title": "IS-4",
      "pushed_by": {
        "full_name": "Classified",
        "email": "classified@hms.oo.gov.uk",
        "username": "M"
      },
      "external_url": "https://hms.atlassian.net/browse/IS-4",
      "pushed_at": "2020-05-13T09:20:40.672Z",
      "connector_id": "05da469f-1fde-4058-99a3-91e4807e2de8",
      "external_id": "10003",
      "connector_name": "Jira"
    },
    "status": "open",
    "updated_at": "2020-05-13T09:48:33.043Z",
    "updated_by": {
      "email": "classified@hms.oo.gov.uk",
      "full_name": "Classified",
      "username": "M"
    }
  }
]
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